The NATO Attack on Serbia in 1999

There was little outrage and no sanctioning when American President Bill Clinton ordered aerial attacks on civilian targets in Serbia killing over 2000 civilians. No one argued that Kosovo was vital to American national security and there was no UN resolution authorizing force. The American Empire faced downsizing in the 1990s after the Warsaw Pact disbanded and Soviets troops withdrew home. American politicians demanded a reduction in military spending and the closure of most military bases in Europe. The solution was to start a war in Europe. Serbia (which was called Yugoslavia before 2006) openly resisted demands to open its economy to western banks and corporations and refused to join the European Union. As a result, Serbia was demonized and targeted for destruction. An ongoing rebellion by some Albanian immigrants in Serbia’s province of Kosovo was chosen as a NATO cause. The American CIA began shipping arms to the Islamic Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and transported hundreds of al Qaeda mercenaries to Kosovo to attack Serbs. This was politically awkward since the KLA was on the U.S. State Department’s list of terrorist groups. Serbian soldiers were dispatched to their southernmost province to repel these Islamic invaders. This increased the level of violence and Serbia was blamed.

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“Let Slobbo speak for himself”; (no evidence of serious Serb atrocities); John Laughland; The Spectator; 2003; http://www.antiwar.com/spectator/spec334.html

“We Bombed the Wrong Side” in Kosovo; Major General Lewis MacKenzie; The National Post (Canada), Apr. 6, 2004; https://people.ece.ubc.ca/leonardo/pub/mackenzie04.htm

“Destruction of Yugoslavia was an operation planned by the CIA”; Klagemauer TV: Feb. 28, 2016; https://www.kla.tv/7811

“NATO’s Bombing of Yugoslavia Was Textbook State Terrorism”; Marko Marjanovic; Ant-Empire; March 24, 2019; https://anti-empire.com/natos-bombing-of-yugoslavia-was-a-textbook-example-of-state-terrorism/

“Why Does Camp Bondsteel Still Exist”; Carlton Meyer; G2mil; 2011; https://www.g2mil.com/bondsteel.htm

“Kosovo’s president, Hashim Thaci, indicted on war crimes charges ahead of planned White House meeting”‘; Michael Birnbaum; Washington Post; June 24, 2020; https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-war-crimes/2020/06/24/2df7346e-b627-11ea-9a1d-d3db1cbe07ce_story.html

“Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities”; Jim Bovard; Libertarian Institute; June 25, 2020; https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/kosovo-indictment-proves-bill-clintons-serbian-war-atrocities/